If you sign a contract promising to disclose information, it may be fraud if you don't disclose -- but that's true under any circumstance, not just short sales and dealing with banks.

You need to know in advance whether your lender will fund something in this condition, and under what circumstances.

That attorney may be thinking or know that the property is not owner occupied, being owned by an LLC for example, under those circumstances you may be required to have a mortgage originator (or attorney) draft and originate the loan..Much has been written here on the subject of notes and seller financing, search and you'll get lots of info.

They were about 50 back then, and at least two of them were probably married (women whose last name is different from their father's name).

It sounds like with your circumstances, a listing agent is needed, especially if you are moving and it hasn't sold yet where same model, worse locations actually have sold.

I am a member of Invest Club for Women (Men welcome too obviously) and they have two chapters, one local to me now in Studio City, CA (The valley) and one Irvine (OC).What i like is that in most meetings, there is a local RE investor speaking about their particular strategy rather than some guru coming in to upsell you.I also enjoy the networking - they get very interactive with this every meeting and I like the people that attend.The only thing I dislike is that the bar across the aparking lot (at the hotel) closes early often and thus, we have to drive like 1-2 miles down Ventura Boulevard to get drinks after.

I don't invest for negative cash low under any circumstances.

:You also do not need any more EMD than a normal FHA buyer would offer on a retail purchase.In many circumstances, this is not true.

I recently had a woman (over the years, I've had appraisals done by women 2 times, got slaughtered 2 times - just sayin) appraise 3 rental properties with the ultimate goal of refinancing.

Try James B Nutter they are a non traditional loan and will work with people with your type of circumstances.